Improvement in meat-smoking- apparatus



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Meat-Smoking Apparatus.

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'Letter-'s Patent No. 85,998, datedJomLa/ry 19, 1869.

: i/:PROVEMENT IN rvmA'r-sMoxrNG' APARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the saline.

Ta all 'whom it 'ma/y concern Be it known that I, ROBERT T. BUaNE'rT, of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Meat-Smoking Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the fol'- lowing is a full, clear, and eX'act description thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to make smoking may be done easilyand thoroughly, and with` out danger of burning the articles being smoked; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts ofthe apparatus, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the body of the apparatus, which I'prefer to make of sheet-iron, and cylindrical in form, and which may be made of any desired diameter, according to the amount of workrequired to be done.

'B is the bottom of the cylinder, which is madeV of wood, and has a hole in its middle part to receive the end of the smoke-pipe C.

The cylinder A B is supported upon legs D, of such a length as to raise the body of the apparatus to such a height as -to leave space beneath itr to receive the furnace E andpipe C. 4'

The ends or heads of the furnace E are made of castiron, and the body of said furnace of sheet-metal, to which the said casteiron ends should be secured by rods.

The front end of the furnace E is provided with a door for the introduction ofthe fuel to make a smoke, and. with a damper to regulate the draught.

The grate, or fire-plate c, I prefer to make in the form of a section of a cylinder, to furnishfa large surface for the fuel to rest upon, .and at the same time a large air-chamber for the air to support combustion.

The rear end of the furnace E is cast with a flue leading out of its upper part, extending downward, and receiving the end of the smoke-pipe C.- The ends of the furnace E are also cast 'with upwardly-projectin g lugs e2, by means of which the said furnace may be secured to andsuspended from the bottom, B, of the apparatus.

The. smokeepipe O extends from the furnace E horizontally across the bottom of the apparatus, and then turns and passes back above and parallel with the rst part of said pipe, to the centre of the apparatus, where it turns at right angles and passes in through the hole in the bottom, B, of the cylinder A.

The double bend'of the pipe O, I prefer to make of v cast-iron, as it saves the making of two elbows.

The hole through the bottom, B, through which the pipe O'passes, is made lagger than the pipe O, the'vspace between said pipe and the sides of said hole being oclcupied with a circular perforated ring-plate E, which supports the said pipe O in place, and, at the same time, admits a, limited amount of nir, which has a 4tendency to keep the appaiatus'and its contents cool.

The pipe C is designed to be made as longas possible, to allow the smoke to part with the 'most of its heat before entering the cylinder'A.

To the upper end of the cylinder A-is attached a ring-plate, G, to the inner edge of which is attached a band, H, from which is suspended a ring, I, upon which are placed the movable hooks J', by means of. which the .articles to be smoked are suspended, so that the said hooks may be adjusted closer together or further apart, according as the size of the articles to be smoked may require. g

Upon the upper edge of the band H is fitted a cover,

K, which is made to ft smoke-tight, and is hinged at one edge, so that it may be readily turned back, for convenience in putting in and taking out the articles to be smoked. l

In the middle of the cover K is placed aventilator, L, which is so constructed that the escape of the smoke, and consequently the draught through the apparatus, may be regulated at pleasure.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent# i 1. An improved smoking-apparatus, formed by the combination of the furnace E, constructed as described, pipe 0, perforated ring-plate F, bottom, B, cylinder A, ring-plate G, band H, ring I, adjustable hooks J, cover K, and ventilator L, with each other, substantially as wrein shown and described, and for the purpose se brth.

2. The band H and suspended ring I, for the ad vjustable hooks, in combination with the ring-plate G,

and cover K of a smoking-apparatus, substantially as Ferein shown and described, and for the purpose set orth.

3. The combination of the -peribrated ring-plate F with the pipe C and bottom, B, of a smokin g-appalatus substantially as herein shown and described.

4. Forming the ends of the furnace E with lugs, to enable the said furnace to be suspended from the bottom, B, of a smoking-apparatus, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 9th day of December, 1868.

ROBT T. BURNETT.

Witnesses:

E. GREENE COLLINS, JAMES fl. GRAHAM. v 

